In September, the Antarctic ozone hole peaked at 10.6 million square miles—the second largest ever observed for this time of ...

The ozone layer, often described as Earth's protective shield, is showing encouraging signs of recovery. Located high in the stratosphere, this layer absorbs much of the Sun's harmful ultraviolet ...

A major new analysis shows that satellite records of tropical ozone change disagree so widely that they cannot yet be used to ...

There is much less ozone at the centre of the ozone hole compared to nearly two decades ago, according to new study which suggests some yet-unknown chemicals may be damaging the Earth's protective ...

Should you ever visit Antarctica, there are two very good reasons to cover your body from head to toe. One – intuitively – is ...

The Earth today has an "ozone layer" that blocks harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun. However, the ozone layer has not existed since the Earth was born.The Earth was formed about 4.6 billion years ...

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The Earth's ozone layer is on its way to recovering, thanks to decades of work to get rid of ozone-damaging chemicals, a panel of international experts backed by the United Nations has found. The ...